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  • City of El Paso Strategic Communications Director LAURA CRUZ-ACOSTA BARS MEDIA FROM INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF

    2023-09-19 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Those in our media who have had contact with the City’s Director of Strategic Communications, Laura Cruz-Acosta, will not be surprised to

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  • Bait and Switch

    2023-09-19 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the international Bridge of the Americas

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  • TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!

    2023-09-19 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the El Paso Independent School District

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  • Us and Them

    2023-09-12 Rich Wright

    The problem with giving our “public servants” big salaries is that it changes who they are and who they serve. When you’re pulling down $100k

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  • COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR ATTACKS NON-PARTISAN PETITION

    2023-09-11 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Michael Apodaca, Chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party, issued a press release today attacking the non-partisan effort to recall City

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  • Cartels at the Border

    2023-09-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an enlightening article about corruption at the border from the author of El Narco: Since the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002,

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  • COUNTY VOTES 4-1 TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAX

    2023-08-28 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Today the County Commissioners Court voted 4-1 to increase the County property tax rate to $0.458889 per $100 of assessed value, which

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  • Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’ Letter of Reprimand Upheld by City’s Ethics Commission

    2023-08-24 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: The Ethics Review Commission voted unanimously to reject a motion from El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez to reconsider the

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  • COUNTY VOTES FOR 16% SALARY INCREASE FOR COMMISSIONERS, UP 113% SINCE 2016

    2023-08-24 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Our County Commissioners Court consists of four Commissioners and a County Judge. In 2016, our four County Commissioners were paid $62,680 per

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  • HERNANDEZ’S HUSBAND FILED BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST ETHICS COMMISSION CHAIR!

    2023-08-22 Max Grossman

    by Max Grossman Adam Powell of the El Paso Times just published a report revealing that Jeremy Jordan, the husband of City Rep. Cassandra Hernandez,

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  • HOME Nuestra Señora Apartments Shaping Up

    2023-08-19 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright HOME (the Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises, nee the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso) is building some new affordable apartments

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  • Inter Miami vs Nashville SC

    2023-08-19 elrichiboy

    Tonight at 7 Inter Miami plays Nashville SC for the Leagues Championship. I imagine you’ll be able to watch it on Univision if you own

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Way Too Little, Too Late

2014-12-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A local newspaper reported Saturday that Police Officer Jose Flores, one of El Paso’s Finest, was fired from the El

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Ouch

2014-12-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a cartoon I lifted from Insight Crime, a website devoted to enlightening readers to the peculiarities of organized crime

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The Real Problems

2014-12-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting story from the Atlantic, analyzing census date using a new tool from the U.S. Census Bureau. According

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The San Jacinto Plaza Blog

2014-12-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Did you know that there’s a blog detailing the progress of the San Jacinto Plaza renovation? Can you imagine a

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A Sobering Thought

2014-11-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Remember that the same people that take two years to renovate a one acre park, the same people who are

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Why El Paso Doesn’t Vote

2014-11-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This story in the El Paso Inc. reports that the city’s election participation rate is the worst in Texas. About

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Fact Check, Please

2014-11-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A commenter posting under the handle Times Building Ghost on the blog Refuse the Juice said this: Do you know

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BRIO Revisited

2014-11-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

I am a big fan of public transportation. I like that effective public transportation relieves a person of the onerous

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Des Moines: A Model for Economic Development

2014-11-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

to this story from the National Journal, Des Moines is a hipster mecca. Young people here know what you think

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El Paso’s Sales Tax Receipts Stay Flat

2014-11-13 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to the Texas State Comptroller, sales tax receipts for the City of El Paso were flat for the past

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The 19th Largest City in the U.S.?

2014-11-12 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 4 comments

You have, no doubt, heard the oft repeated factoid that El Paso is the 19th biggest city in the U.S.

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I Rode the BRIO So You Wouldn’t Have To

2014-11-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’m going to let you in on the dirty little secret that Sun Metro doesn’t want you to know: That

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Conspiracy Theory?

2014-11-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized 6 comments

Isn’t it great that I post two videos, and both of them get pulled? I tell you I am cutting

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Extraterrestrials Working for the Government

2014-11-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Gary Larsen’s Tales From The Far Side

2014-10-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Gary Larson's Tales From The Far Side by Arsene-desbois

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The 5 C’s

2014-10-30 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development One comment

When I was in grade school, shortly after the discovery of fire but before the invention of the wheel, we

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600 Days and Counting

2014-10-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

It’s been 600 days since an El Paso Police officer shot and killed a handcuffed prisoner in the sallyport of

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Good News and Bad News

2014-10-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This week the El Paso Inc. brought us both good news and bad news. The good news is that there

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The Purple Zone Revisited

2014-10-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Remember that story about the DEA raid on the smoke shop in Alpine? How the feds showed up dressed for

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All My Friends

2014-10-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

This just in: a new company will offer tours to our sister city this winter. Juarez Lowrider Tours is offering

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